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ANTHROPOLOGY FACULTY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

Academic Year 2019-2020

Below are the department committee assignments and other faculty service appointments for academic year 2019-2020. I thank you in advance for participating in these important departmental responsibilities and in your dedication and commitment to university service.

Director of Graduate Studies: Laura Shackelford

Director Undergraduate Studies: Ripan Malhi

Liebman Undergraduate Research Program Coordinator: Petra Jelinek

Advisory Committee Elected by the faculty to advise the Head on matters of substance, policy and procedure and to carry out such additional duties and responsibilities as specified in the By-Laws and University Statutes.

Tenured Faculty Committee All active faculty members appointed on indefinite tenure. The committee’s responsibilities are normally to advise the Head in matters concerning the evaluation and promotion and/or tenure of persons holding the ranks of Lecturer, Instructor or Assistant Professor.

Professorial Committee All active faculty members holding the rank of Full Professor and the Department Head as Chair. The committee’s responsibilities are normally to advise the Head in matters concerning the evaluation and promotion of members of the faculty holding the rank of Associate Professor.

Graduate Admissions Committee Responsible for the selection and recruitment of new graduate students for admission, and for the identification of fellowship candidates from the pool of newly admitted applicants.

Awards Committee Responsible for preparing nominations of faculty, staff and students for campus and external (national and international awards), and the administration of departmental Spring Banquet awards for faculty, staff and students,

and for reviewing and ranking student funding proposals to the Graduate College and other units. Responsible for assigning grants to graduate students from departmental funds for summer pre-dissertation research.

Colloquia and Intellectual Community Committee Responsible for planning and promoting talks, colloquia, workshops and other departmental events and for coordinating departmental support for events initiated by other campus units.

Development Committee Responsible for text of the alumni newsletter and other alumni relations efforts

Jane Desmond, (working with Jeff Martin as “apprentice” to Jane)

Diversity and Departmental Community Committee. Responsible for developing and promoting department efforts to build a diverse scholarly community and for guiding department efforts to enact and update commitments detailed in the Departmental Action Plan of 2004 (updated in 2011).

Human Remains & Ethics Committee Responsible for documentation and repatriation of all unaffiliated Native American and other human remains held by the department or former Lab of Anthropology. Advisory to the Head with respect to NAGPRA compliance issues (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act).